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"is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. External links * NPB.com Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:People from Ōamishirasato Category:Waseda University alumni Category:Japanese baseball players Category:Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Category:Yokohama BayStars players Category:Yokohama DeNA BayStars players Category:Baseball people from Chiba Prefecture "
"XXXY is a short documentary directed by Porter Gale and Laleh Soomekh. The film features two people born intersex: San Francisco bicycle messenger Kristi Bruce and clinical psychologist Howard Devore. The full movie is available online. Synopsis alt= Kristi Bruce (now Jim Ambrose) and Howard Devore tell their stories. Jorge Daaboul, Medical Director of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Florida Hospital for Children, provides a clinical perspective. Kristi's parents, Alice and John, discuss their experience raising a child born with a variation of sex anatomy. Reception Widely praised, XXXY received a number of awards including the 2001 Student Academy Award for Best Documentary, and the Student Award for Best Documentary at the 6th Annual Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films.ShortFest Awards Archive, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, 2000. The film was recommended viewing for the PlanetOut.com Second Queer Short Film Festival,PlanetOut.com's Second Queer Short Film Festival, PlanetOut Inc., June 8, 2001. and went on to screen at more than a dozen national and international film festivals. Winston Wilde, Professor of Human Sexuality and Behavioral Sciences at Santa Monica College called the movie, "the finest film on the issues of intersex Americans, and an indispensable tool for instructors of Human Sexuality, Gender Identity, and Social Psychology." Filmmaker Magazine called XXXY "essential filmmaking ... the film's stripped down quality — talking heads, the occasional shot of a childhood home, or Kristi on a bike — means there's nothing to interfere with the pair's stories; the impact is profound." Demonstrating continued relevance, The New Yorker published a feature on XXXY, "A New Era for Intersex Rights" on December 30, 2013.A New Era for Intersex Rights, The New Yorker, December 30, 2013. Awards * Best Documentary - 2001 Student Academy Awards * Finalist - PlanetOut.com Gay & Lesbian Online Movie Awardshttp://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/planetoutcom-announces- finalists-of-second-annual-gay--lesbian-online-movie-awards-71998592.html * Jury Award Winner - New York Exposition of Short Film and Video * Best Student Documentary Award - Palm Springs Shorts Film Festivalhttp://www.psfilmfest.org/archive/shortfestawards.aspx * Honorable Mention - Directors Guild of America * Honorable Mention - Making Waves Film Festival * Honoree - Louisville Film and Video Festival * Honoree - San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Intl. Film Festival * Honoree - Western Psychological Association * Screened at more than a dozen national and international film festivals See also * Intersex * Intersex human rights * Intersex rights in the United States * Self-determination * Bodily integrity * Hermaphrodite ReferencesExternal links Impossible Hermaphrodites Category:2000 films Category:English-language films Category:American independent films Category:Documentary films about human rights Category:Documentary films about intersex "
"20th century carved ivory tusk at Decorative Arts Gallery, National Museum, New Delhi Carved elephant tusk depicting Buddha life stories is an intricately carved complete single tusk now exhibited at the Decorative Arts gallery, National Museum, New Delhi, India. This tusk was donated to the Museum. This tusk, which is nearly five foot long, illustrates forty three events in the life of the Buddha and is thought to have been made by early 20th century craftsmen from the Delhi region. Description The use of the complete ivory tusks for carving was popular in 18th and 19th century India, particularly in the Delhi region apart from Burma. Similar whole tusk carvings are also found in the Ivory Coast, Congo and Benin but made from the tusks of African elephants. The art of ivory carving in India is very ancient with references found in Kalidasa's Meghadūta. The earliest ivory carving from the Indian region is comb dating to the 2nd century CE found at Taxila. Ivory carving flourished in Assam and Mysore where elephants were available and the art of ivory carving had royal patronage. Ivory was an object of trade between kingdoms and they found their way into areas where the art of carving had patronage. This ivory tusk illustrates important life events of Buddha in 43 circular roundel, first 25 referring to the story of Buddha's birth to his enlightenment followed by 18 depicting his life events from enlightenment to Mahaparinirvana. Similar scenes have been presented in sculptures and paintings many a times but this ivory tusk shows few new scenes of Buddha's life such as Siddharatha's fight for a bird, his move against animal sacrifice and realization of death. As the thickness of the tusk reduces upwards, one can see at the tip three well-known postures depicting Bhumisparsha mudra, Abhayamudra and Dharmachakrapravatan mudra besides the roundels. There is also an intricately carved floral creeper banding around the roundels enhancing its beauty. Scenes The story runs from bottom to top and is arranged clockwise. =Pre Enlightenment Life Events of Buddha= File:Depiction of Palaces and architecture, probably Kapilavastu Roundel 1 buddha ivory tusk.jpgDepiction of Kapilavastu, where prince Siddharatha lived The first roundel shows mountains, flora-fauna and architecture which gives the impression of a town probably Kapilavastu. File:Suddhodna seated on a throne Roundel 2 ivory tusk.jpgSeated figure of King Suddhodana The father of Siddhartha, King Suddhodana of Kapilavastu has been shown seated on his throne. File:Maya Devi dreaming white elephant in her dream Roundel 4 buddha ivory tusk.jpgDream of Queen Mayadevi The mother of Siddhartha, Queen Mayadevi is having a dream of an elephant which symbolizes the saintly soul's appearance in her womb. File:Maya Devi visiting her parents Roundel 5 buddha ivory tusk.jpgMayadevi visiting her parents File:Maya Devi with her son Siddhartha Roundel 6 buddha ivory tusk.jpgMayadevi with her son Siddharatha This scene depicts the birth of Siddhartha, Prince of Kapilavastu in a different manner from other literary and sculptural narrations. Here Queen Mayadevi is shown seated with a baby in her lap surrounded by cauri-bearer and friends. File:Suddhodhana and Maya Devi welcome the sage Asita Roundel 7 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSage Asita visiting King Suddhodana File:Maya Devi on her death bed with Suddhodhana Roundel 8 buddha ivory tusk.jpgMayadevi's death scene File:Prince Siddhartha in a garden Roundel 9 buddha ivory tusk.jpgPrince Siddhartha in a garden File:Siddhartha and Devadutta with a wounded bird Roundel 10 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha and Devadutta with a wounded bird File:Siddhartha cures the wounded bird Roundel 11 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha tends and cures the bird File:Prince Siddhartha as an archer Roundel 12 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha as an archer in the Swamvara of Princess Yasodhara File:Yashodhara garlands Siddhartha Roundel 13 buddha ivory tusk.jpgYasodhara garlanding Siddhartha File:Roundel 14 buddha ivory tusk.JPGSiddhartha meets an old man File:Roundel 15 buddha ivory tusk.JPGSiddhartha sees a corpse File:Siddhatha sees a meditating ascetic Roundel 16 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha sees a meditating ascetic File:Roundel 17 buddha ivory tusk.JPGSiddhartha leaves his sleeping wife and sons File:Siddhartha and his attendant Chandaka leave Palace Roundel 18 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha with his assistant Chandaka leaving the Palace File:Siddhartha cutting his hair Roundel 19 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha cuts his hair and removes his jewellery and royal costume File:Siddhartha receiving alms Roundel 20 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha receives bhiksha from a woman File:Siddhartha in meditation Roundel 21 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSiddhartha in Meditation File:Five ascetics visit meditating Siddhartha Roundel 22 buddha ivory tusk.jpgFive saintly persons visit Siddhartha while he meditates File:Buddha seated under a tree in abhaya mudra Roundel 3 ivory tusk.jpgBuddha seated under a tree in Abhayamudra File:Sujata offers Kheer to Siddhartha Roundel 23 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSujata offering kheer to Buddha File:Mara tries to disturb and divert Buddha Roundel 24 buddha ivory tusk.jpgMāra tries to disturb and divert Buddha: Māra, the powerful demon arrives with the aim of preventing the Bodhisattva from attaining his goal. Māra attempts to terrify the Bodhisattva with his powerful army, and to seduce him with his daughters, but he is unable to divert the Bodhisattva from his goal. Māra gives up, defeated. File:Roundel 25 buddha ivory tusk.JPGBudhha in Abhaya mudra =Post Enlightenment Life Events of Buddha= File:Buddha visiting his five old friends Roundel 26 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha visits his five old friends, who became the first disciples: Post his enlightenment, Buddha decided to first teach Dharma to his five friends who were his companions during his ascetic practices at Bodh Gaya. His five friends were Kondanna, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahanama and Assaji. Buddha went to Sarnath to meet them. For the first time he taught the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. File:Buddha conquers Kasyapa Roundel 27 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha conquers the Agni-Pujaka Jatadhari Kasyapa File:Buddha addresses the masses Roundel 28 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha addressing the masses File:Buddha walks with a shepherd holding a lamb Roundel 29 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha walking with a shepherd, holding a lamb File:Bimbisar welcoming Buddha Roundel 30 buddha ivory tusk.jpgMagadh King welcoming Buddha: Buddha found patronage in emperor Bimbisāra. The emperor accepted Buddhism as his personal faith and allowed the establishment of many Buddhist vihāras. This eventually led to the renaming of the entire region as Bihār.India by Stanley Wolpert (Page 32) File:Sariputra and Maudgalyayana become disciples of Buddha Roundel 31 buddha ivory tusk.jpgŚāriputra and Maudgalyayana become the followers of Buddha File:Buddha helping the grieved mother to come out from her child’s death Roundel 32 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha helping the grieved mother to come out from her child's birth File:Suddhodhana welcomes Buddha at Kapilavastu Roundel 33 buddha ivory tusk.jpgSuddhodhana welcoming Buddha at Kapilavastu File:Buddha with Yasodhara and Rahul Roundel 34 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha with Yasodhara and her son, Rahul File:Buddha blesses Rahul Roundel 35 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha blesses Rāhula: On advise of Yashodhara, Rāhula asked Buddha for his "inheritance". The Buddha called the venerable Sariputta and asked him to ordain Rāhula who became the first Sāmanera (novice monk). After Rāhula's ordination the Buddha taught him the importance of telling the truth. Buddha placed truth as the highest of all virtues. Rāhula subsequently became an arhant. File:Roundel 36 buddha ivory tusk.JPGAmrapali, famous courtesan, greeting Buddha: Buddha while visiting Vaishali stayed at Amrapalli's mango grove. She invited Buddha for a meal which he accepted. She later donated the mangrove to his order. She accepted the Buddhist way, and remained an active supporter of the Buddhist order. File:Ladies from the Kapilavastu Palace watch Buddha preaching Roundel 37 buddha ivory tusk.jpgLadies from the palace watch Buddha preaching File:Nanda before Buddha Roundel 38 buddha ivory tusk.jpgNanda before Buddha File:Roundel 39 buddha ivory tusk.JPGBuddha stops Nanda, who tried to escape from the Sangha File:A mad elephant rushes towards Buddha Roundel 40 buddha ivory tusk.jpgA mad elephant rushes towards Buddha File:Buddha tames the mad elephant Roundel 41 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha tames the mad elephant File:Buddha teaching Roundel 42 buddha ivory tusk.jpgBuddha speaks to a large gathering File:Mahaparinirvana of Buddha Roundel 43 buddha ivory tusk.jpg'Mahaparinirvana of Buddha' =Buddha and Mudras= File:Buddha, First Mudra, on ivory tusk, National Museum, New Delhi.jpgBuddha in Dhyana mudra File:Buddha, second mudra, on ivory tusk, National Museum, New Delhi.jpgBuddha in Abhayamudra File:Buddha,Third Mudra,on ivory tusk, National Museum, New Delhi.jpgBuddha in Bhumisparsha mudra See also * National Museum, New Delhi * Walrus ivory *Ivory trade References Category:Indian Buddhist sculpture Category:National Museum, New Delhi Category:Ivory works of art "